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Pundit Boxscore for Sunday 26 June 2005

Lines in yellow indicate a substantive crossover column, meaning that the column is of opposite sign to the pundit's Normalized Total PI for the season, and contains at least five non-neutral partisan references.
Lines in gray indicate that the pundit has been classified as inactive, meaning that their columns are not currently being evaluated for partisanship.
Democratic references in blue, Republican in red, positive references in bold, negative in italics.
Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Michael Kinsley
Washington Post
Activism, Ripe for The Takings
26 June 2005
986 100 2R-
Of course,: Republican president, Republican
Frank Rich
New York Times
The Armstrong Williams NewsHour
26 June 2005
1905 69 7D+,5R+,29R-,4R=
HERE'S the: Newt Gingrich
Let's not: Laura Bush
That doesn't: Bush White House, administration
There's only: Richard Nixon, president
That money: Karl Rove
Now, why: Byron Dorgan, Nixon administration
After Mr.: Dorgan, Democrat, Dorgan
Their guests: administration, Bush, Republican, Chuck Hagel, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, administration
"It's pretty: the president, Dorgan
Not from: Joe McCarthy, Dorgan, Nixonian
We do: administration, Donald Rumsfeld, Tom DeLay
Eric Boehlert: Joe McCarthy, Conrad Burns, Republican, G.O.P. , Republicans
Then, on: Rove, Patricia Harrison, Republican National Committee, Harrison
Mr. Tomlinson: Bush, Bush, Ralph Reed, Grover Norquist
THIS is: Reagan administration, administration, White House, G.O.P.
As the: White House
David Brooks
New York Times
Liberals, Conservatives and Aid
26 June 2005
823 67 6R+,3R=
Karl Rove: Karl Rove, George Bush
Sachs, who: Bush administration, Bush
The Bush: Bush administration, Bush
The Bush: Bush
Instead of: Bush administration
Nonetheless, the: Bush
Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
A Glide Path to Ruin
26 June 2005
906 39 2D=,3R+,10R-,3R=
Rather, the: administration
Mr. Walker,: Bush, Democrat, Republican
On fiscal: Republicans, Republicans, Democrats, Bush administration, Republicans
Senator Chuck: Chuck Hagel, Republican, Republicans
Critics have: Bush administration, President Bush
Go to: Bush
"I hope: Bush
More than: Bush
President Bush: President Bush
David S. Broder
Washington Post
A Social Security Plan to Talk About
26 June 2005
1002 20 6D+,3D-,7D=,12R+,1R-,12R=
Congressional Republicans: Congressional Republicans, Democrats, Democrats
The first: GOP, President Bush
The serious: Robert Bennett, Republican, Bennett
Bennett attacks: Bennett, Bush, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-
Second, once: Bennett
Together, those: Bennett
When Bennett: Bennett, Republican, Bush, the president, Bennett
White House: White House, Bush, Senate Democratic, Harry Reid, Bennett, Democrats, Reid, Bush, the president
Democrats are: Democrats, Bush, Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean
But the: Bob Bennett
Democrats need: Democrats, John Kennedy, The president, Kennedy
If they: Democrats, Bennett, Bush, Republicans
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Apologies are all about the future
26 June 2005
959 11 4D+,1D-,1D=,4R+,3R-,5R=
Even in: Obama
The resolution,: Democrat, Mary Landrieu, Republican, George Allen
This time: Majority Leader Bill Frist, Republican
But, alas,: Frist, Trent Lott, Thad Cochran, Lott, Strom Thurmond
Cochran told: Cochran
That's a: Grand Old Party, Ken Mehlman
Allen and: Allen, Landrieu
Women and: Democrats
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Misread message on Iraq criticism
26 June 2005
971 9 8D+,1D=,6R+,7R=
AS FAR: Joe Biden, President Bush
However, Biden's: Biden, Bush administration
Even Karl: Karl Rove, President Bush
Fortunately, the: White House, Biden, Biden
In case: George Bush, the president, George Bush, the president, Steve Hadley
Without hyperbole,: Biden, Biden
Biden's recommendations: Biden, Bush
On reconstruction,: Biden
Realistic goals: Biden, Dick Lugar
The country's: Bush
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Eminent injustice in New London
26 June 2005
906 0
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
Schroeder's Goldilocks Moment
26 June 2005
984